Stand in Beatrix's footprints
In researching these viewpoints we were really struck by the fact that the backdrops for her characters are real scenes from Derwent Water, Cat Bells and Newlands, they're not just generic 'countryside'. Beatrix was inspired by the real places and real people that she met - for example 'Lucie' in The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle was named after Lucie Carr, the infant daughter of the vicar of Newlands parish, who Beatrix introduced to her pet hedgehog in 1904.
We've created a map that's free to download to help you disover the places that inspired Beatrix for yourself. Use the map to seek out the view of Castle Nook crag and Dale Head which provides the backdrop for Lucie as she walks above Little Town, or explore Lingholm Kitchen and Walled Garden and picture the line of rafting red squirrels stretching across the water to St Herbert's Island, which the squirrels called Owl Island in The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.